On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:11:37 +0200
Anton Khirnov <[email protected]> wrote:

> Quoting Vittorio Giovara (2015-09-27 02:41:43)
> > This field was used in combination with coded_frame to compute some
> > sort of PSNR value. Regardless of its use, this property is tied to the
> > encoding processing, while AVFrame is a structure suited for decoded
> > data only.
> > 
> > The only use of this field (besides the deprecated coded_frame) is
> > in mpegvideoenc: since it might be used in bframes estimation, add an
> > additional field to Picture, which is a private structure anyway.
> 
> While I'm all for removing crap, this commit message is very misleading.
> The fact is that error is used for _exporting_ some information to the
> user. This is done through coded_frame, which someone deprecated, but
> did not provide a replacement for this field. And now the commit message
> is trying to somehow pretend that AVFrame.error[] has always been an
> unperson and we were always at war with eastasia.
> 
> That is not good practice IMO. If you're deprecating crap that nobody
> should use, just say so, don't cover it under a wall of euphemisms. That
> way people people can actually see what's going on here and
> object/suggest alternative ways or whatever.
> 

Now the prize question: does anyone use it?
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